“Give me your boots,” I say, lifting my chin. Back when I thought I was safe here, when I believed Sebastian’s love was pure. I’ve seen him before, when getting a horse to ride around the palace grounds. He’s young, with sandy blond hair, bright blue eyes, and pointed elven ears. I double back to the paddock, and when I push inside, the stable boy’s eyes go wide, his gaze fixed on the cresting wave of darkness looming behind me, ready to strike. I won’t make it far like this, but I refuse to let them catch me. Sebastian betrayed me for the crown, and now he has what he wanted, while I have become that which I despised for so long. Through this bond between our souls, I do. I don’t want to understand that he’s been trapped by his own duty or to comprehend the depths of his regrets. I don’t want to know that my departure is like a fracture down the center of his heart or that losing me has brought him to his knees. It’s the only thing that blocks out this other feeling-this anguish and frustration that belongs to the one I love.

I focus on the pain, welcome the sting of the gravel cutting into my soles. I run, even when the path beneath my bare feet turns rocky and sharp. The male who was supposed to love me, supposed to protect me, used me to steal the Unseelie crown. They all betrayed me, but his duplicity cuts the deepest. I won’t let them fool me with their pretty lies and manipulations. Darkness trails behind me like the train on an elaborate wedding gown. I throw out magic with abandon, trapping those who dare to chase me. * BingeBooks earns revenue from qualifying purchases as an Amazon Associate as well as from other retail partners.ī EYOND THE CASTLE GATES, THE sun rises and the birds sing, but the Golden Palace is draped in a veil of night. How can she know where she stands when she doesn't even know herself anymore? In this darkly romantic thrill ride, the more Faerie is torn apart from the inside, the clearer it becomes that prophecies don't lie and Brie has a role to play in the fate of this magical realm-whether she likes it or not. But when she suddenly finds herself caught in a web of lies of her own making-loving two princes and trusting neither-things are not quite as clear as she once thought.Īs civil war wages in the Court of Darkness, Brie finds herself unable to choose a side. In this thrilling conclusion to the New York Times bestseller These Hollow Vows-the sexy, action-packed fantasy that started it all-Brie finds herself caught between two princes and two destinies while the future of the fae realm hangs in the balance.Īfter Abriella's sister was sold to the fae, she thought life couldn't get any worse.

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